Why developers like Fail2ban

What is Fail2ban?

It is an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks. Written in the Python programming language, it is able to run on POSIX systems that have an interface to a packet-control system or firewall installed locally, for example, iptables or TCP Wrapper.

Fail2ban is a tool in the Security category of a tech stack.

Fail2ban is an open source tool with 11.7K GitHub stars and 1.2K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Fail2ban's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Fail2ban?

Companies

14 companies reportedly use Fail2ban in their tech stacks, including SMARTTechStack, ApisCP, and Ziyuno.

SMARTTechStack

ApisCP

Ziyuno

Spekit Platform

Jobinja

PassionDig

CSAG

MedGlobal

Upship

Developers

44 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Fail2ban.

Full stack

Craft Delivery

My Stack

UsedStack

My Stack

APPsolute-Mobility

My Stack

Fail2ban Integrations

Python

Linux

macOS

Netdata

Decisions about Fail2ban

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Fail2ban in their tech stack.

Morris Hendricks

Jan 27, 2023 | 4 upvotes · 11.3K views

Needs advice

Fail2ban

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Microsoft Azure

I am the Systems Administrator for a (total online) Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Azure, Sentinel Cyber school. I have been searching for over a year about ways to combat logins from all over the globe. I receive a daily report of logins that shows me who and where from they are trying to get access to our domain. I came across this article and I am trying to incorporate it into our Microsoft 365, and Azure, Sentinel; it seems it is almost straight forward until about halfway through then I don't seem to get where to create a playbook from. If someone has figured out a way to install Fail2ban in a Microsoft Azure, Sentinel, and 365 Defender location I would greatly appreciate the help, or if someone could help me get through the playbook section that would also be very helpful.

Thank you Morris

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Fail2ban Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Fail2ban?

Ossec

It is a free, open-source host-based intrusion detection system. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, registry monitoring, rootkit detection, time-based alerting, and active response.

JavaScript

JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.

Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

GitHub

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

Python

Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

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